Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 2:08 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2016, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 12 | 1 Wnw Morris, MN | MESONET STATION MORRIS (ST. MARYS SCH) /MRRSS/. |
| Jul 5, 2:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 41 | 3 Ese Alberta, MN | AWOS STATION MORRIS AP /MOX/. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
485
WUUS53 KMPX 051908
SVRMPX
MNC149-051945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0106.160705T1908Z-160705T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
208 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 207 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
ALBERTA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DONNELLY AROUND 210 PM CDT.
MORRIS AROUND 220 PM CDT.
HANCOCK AROUND 230 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALBERTA... MORRIS AIRPORT AND FISH LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 173.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4574 9625 4566 9576 4551 9574 4541 9575
4541 9623 4542 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 286DEG 38KT 4560 9609
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB3 follow-up statements
709
WWUS53 KMPX 051919
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
219 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC149-051945-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-160705T1945Z/
STEVENS MN-
219 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 219 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MORRIS
AIRPORT... OR NEAR MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORRIS AROUND 230 PM CDT.
HANCOCK AROUND 240 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALBERTA... MORRIS AIRPORT AND FISH LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4559 9624 4572 9612 4566 9576 4551 9574
4541 9575 4541 9623 4542 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 285DEG 32KT 4558 9601
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB744
WWUS53 KMPX 051931
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
231 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC149-051945-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-160705T1945Z/
STEVENS MN-
231 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 231 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HANCOCK AROUND 245 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ALBERTA
AND MORRIS AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4556 9614 4570 9600 4566 9576 4551 9574
4541 9575 4541 9623 4542 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 298DEG 25KT 4554 9590
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$267
WWUS53 KMPX 051945
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
245 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC149-051954-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-160705T1945Z/
STEVENS MN-
245 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
245 PM CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4556 9614 4570 9600 4566 9576 4551 9574
4541 9575 4541 9623 4542 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 286DEG 38KT 4554 9590
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 18 min |
| Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 15 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Renville, Scott, Sibley | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 12 min |
| Jul 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 63 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.